Software Business

You may be a project manager or a stakeholder with "street smarts". Maybe you have expertise in the nuts and bolts of project execution. Or you might be a "book smart" expert on the rules and tools of the trade. Whatever your strengths, most project managers agree it's a juggling act to balance people and processes. Nearly every project requires a balance of both practical and conceptual skills. Now you can fill in the gaps to gain a perfect balance of the two.

Are you a salesperson looking to close more deals and achieve success in your career? Look no further! In Top Dog: Breaking into Software Sales, you'll learn valuable insights and techniques from a top-performing salesperson in the fast-paced world of software sales.

How is your Scrum going? Scrum provides you a framework but doesn't exactly tell you how to do it. Do you want to deviate from “textbook” practices but ensure that you’ll still be Agile? This guide will show you how to practically implement Scrum.

Imagine how fast your company could grow when you finally learn how to condense the work in your software development processes with a method that offers your team and customers full satisfaction and freedom and one that gives you results in the shortest time possible. Say good-bye to poor product quality, less control, poor customer and team satisfaction, and achieve a faster ROI in software development with Scrum!

Have you ever tried your hand at software development only to find out that it’s much harder than you prepared for? Not only do you have to make sure that your skills are at par with everybody else, but there is also the matter of coordinating with everyone involved in that project. And with collaboration comes the potential for complexity.

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The world is moving towards trillions of connected devices that in a few years will be not smartphones, but virtually anything - most of which has never been connected before. This connecting the unconnected will enable the Internet of Things - the rise of which is both exciting and confusing. The authors evaluate the opportunities that emerge as a result of the Internet of Things focusing on the impact to individuals, industries and societies.

Starting a software development project is easy…but finishing it? Successfully? Is a different story. Software CAN be developed that meets real needs, and its development can be both efficient and effective. But. You have to know what you are up against. You need to know what questions to ask and how to understand the answers.

Do you wish that you could focus your energy on creating amazing software rather than endlessly firefighting? Better Agile condenses years of experience into a short, practical guide, so that you can quickly make agile work for you. Perhaps you have already tried to adopt an agile method or technique, hoping it would fix these problems. But maybe you found that it didn't give you the benefits you were expecting, or solve the challenges you are facing. This book provides you with the solution.